Friday, December 4, 2009

What major pop-culture events happened in 1962 and '63?

i am just wondering what major pop culture events happened during these years



What major pop-culture events happened in 1962 and '63?performing arts



Kennedy died in 1963.



February 16



The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK



From Russia with Love--James Bond



The Birds by Hitchcock



Cleopatra movie--the love of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton



What major pop-culture events happened in 1962 and '63?binoculars opera theater



Riots!
1962:



- Release of first Beatles recording: hit single "Love Me Do"



- Andy Warhol's famous painting of a can of soup



- Beverly Hill Billies %26amp; The Dick Van Dyke show are on TV



Popular Films



- West Side Story, Spartacus, El Cid, Lawrence of Arabia %26amp;



To Kill a Mockingbird



Popular Singers



The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, Frankie Valli %26amp; The Four Seasons, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, Shirley Bassey %26amp; Elvis



Events:



- Cuban Missile Crisis when USSR plans to deploy Missiles in Cuba brings the world to the brink of world war.



- Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills



- The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened by by Sam Walton in Bentonville Arkansas



Tech:



- Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal



- USAF investigates using lasers to intercept missiles



- 90% of US households own a Television Set



- Britain and France agree to develop the Concorde



- The first use of silicone breast implants by Houston plastic surgeons (WOOOWHOOO!!!)



1963:



Popular Films



- Cleopatra,The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia, Mutiny on the Bounty %26amp; To Kill a Mockingbird



Popular Musicians



The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Jim Reeves %26amp; Elvis



Popular TV Programs



- Coronation Street, The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones, Mister Ed, The Avengers %26amp; The Dick Van Dyke Show



Events:



- President John F Kennedy assassinated



- Lyndon Johnson Becomes President



- Alcatraz closes



- The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England



- First US State Lottery in New Hampshire



- Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech



- Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.



Tech:



- AT%26amp;T introduces touch tone phones



- Zip codes implemented in US



- Lava Lamp

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